First Seacoast Bancorp (FSEA) Competitors

First Seacoast Bancorp (NASDAQ:FSEA) and Virginia National Bankshares (NASDAQ:VABK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Which has better earnings & valuation, FSEA or VABK?

Virginia National Bankshares has higher revenue and earnings than First Seacoast Bancorp. First Seacoast Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Virginia National Bankshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
First Seacoast Bancorp	$18.58M	2.53	-$10.66M	-$1.89	-5.29
Virginia National Bankshares	$79.09M	2.43	$19.26M	$2.89	12.40

Which has more risk & volatility, FSEA or VABK?

First Seacoast Bancorp has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Virginia National Bankshares has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of FSEA or VABK?

38.4% of First Seacoast Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.4% of Virginia National Bankshares shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of First Seacoast Bancorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of Virginia National Bankshares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor FSEA or VABK?

In the previous week, Virginia National Bankshares had 1 more articles in the media than First Seacoast Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Virginia National Bankshares and 0 mentions for First Seacoast Bancorp. Virginia National Bankshares' average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat First Seacoast Bancorp's score of 0.00 indicating that Virginia National Bankshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
First Seacoast Bancorp	Neutral
Virginia National Bankshares	Very Positive

Is FSEA or VABK more profitable?

Virginia National Bankshares has a net margin of 18.95% compared to First Seacoast Bancorp's net margin of -35.93%. Virginia National Bankshares' return on equity of 9.96% beat First Seacoast Bancorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
First Seacoast Bancorp	-35.93%	-13.41%	-1.49%
Virginia National Bankshares	18.95%	9.96%	0.97%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FSEA or VABK?

First Seacoast Bancorp received 8 more outperform votes than Virginia National Bankshares when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
First Seacoast Bancorp	Outperform Votes 8 38.10%	Underperform Votes 13 61.90%
Virginia National Bankshares	N/A	N/A

Summary

Virginia National Bankshares beats First Seacoast Bancorp on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.